Good afternoon Glory revellers! Next Wednesday is the launch of MISTER GLORY, our alternative male beauty pageant for East London with a top prize of £1000. Entrants must prepare for three categories – Eveningwear, Swimwear and “Party Piece” – and word on the Kingsland Road is YOU’RE TERRIFIED BY THIS and are[…]
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On Saturday John Ryan and Ma Butcher host The Glory’s first ever Eurovision party “EUROVISION BOOM BANG A SHEBANG“, which happens to be the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. As you no doubt already know, Ma Butcher is one trio of the Gay Bingo holy trinity alongside The Glory’s co-owners Jonny[…]
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LIPSYNC 1000 – QX Cover Jonny Woo graces and disgraces the cover of London’s gay culture mag QX this week in anticipation of our LIPSYNC 1000 launch night on Wednesday 21st. For this QX issue Woo also parted with some priceless and personal tips on how to win the contest[…]
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This Friday we’re proud to prize open John Sizzle’s HOLE for you. This is to be our signature Friday night dish – a filthy funked-up homo disco that is drunken warm and wile. While the main pub will carry a boozy social vibe, with low-lighting and queer sightings, downstairs[…]
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During this past year I’ve cast a regal eye across the nation, capital, and Clapham commonwealth and seen a land of diversity, adversity, community and crisis. It would be easy to fill this speech with shapeless and generic low-calorie phrases that condescend themselves onto your plebian shoulders like dandruff sprinkled[…]
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Christmas is coming early! There’s so much bad news these days around queer and alternative venues facing the threat or reality of closure that it’s a bit of a thrill to be able to report a new one setting up shop – especially when it comes with a pedigree this strong.[…]
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Gay Times review. ” Review: Gay Bingo ‘does a Kate Bush’ “If you can think of any better ways to spend a cold Sunday evening in Hackney, let us know…” Housed in roughly the same place as Lovebox in Victoria Park (our new drag name), Winterville is an East London[…]
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Jonny Woo knows a thing or two about partying. He’s the star of Gay Bingo. The creator of a Buck’s Fizz-inspired lip-synched musical. And the man responsible for introducing drag to Glastonbury. Which is why it’s fucking great news that he’s opening a bar in Haggerston. The Glory is set[…]
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